In an exclusive interview to NDTV's Anupama Chopra, Imran Khan gets candid about Kidnap, the follow-up act, and being a Hindi-filmy hero.
Anupama:- Paul Newman's advice to actors was study your craft, know yourself well and know what is special about you! So what do you think is special about you?
Imran : - I am completely shameless. I am brash, I don't like to follow the norm, like, if you meet someone they offer a film, people say, "Sir, of course I will do your film, sir...and you don't care what the film is. No, I demand a script of whoever i meet and if I don't like it, I don't say I have date problems, I say I don't like the script and I feel it served me well so far because I feel so far, people have appreciated that honesty!
Anupama:- Of course you uncle and mentor Aamir Khan is Hindi cinema's legendary perfectionist; I don't know whether this story is true or not but it's a great story from the days of Ghulam. Apparently, he kept asking Mahesh Bhatt what is my character's motivation for this scene and what is my character's motivation for that scene...and finally Mahesh Bhatt turned around and said your motivation is lunch. So is this something that you have imbibed ...this kind of absolute meticulousness about the craft or do you think there is such a thing as trying too hard?
Imran : -I don't think there is such a think as trying too hard because I never let anything go half measure, but I don't get into that either. I frequently get into places and I see actors who will ask a director, "See this doesn't seem like the kind of thing I would say, or I can't justify this, why would I pick this up..." etc. I never get that ...you pick it up because you are required to pick it up find a way to justify it.
Anupama:- What have you imbibed from the other two great filmmakers in your family? The late Nassir Hussain and Mansoor Khan?
Imran : - Nana was always a story-teller once he retired, and
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Anupama:- Paul Newman's advice to actors was study your craft, know yourself well and know what is special about you! So what do you think is special about you?
Imran : - I am completely shameless. I am brash, I don't like to follow the norm, like, if you meet someone they offer a film, people say, "Sir, of course I will do your film, sir...and you don't care what the film is. No, I demand a script of whoever i meet and if I don't like it, I don't say I have date problems, I say I don't like the script and I feel it served me well so far because I feel so far, people have appreciated that honesty!
Anupama:- Of course you uncle and mentor Aamir Khan is Hindi cinema's legendary perfectionist; I don't know whether this story is true or not but it's a great story from the days of Ghulam. Apparently, he kept asking Mahesh Bhatt what is my character's motivation for this scene and what is my character's motivation for that scene...and finally Mahesh Bhatt turned around and said your motivation is lunch. So is this something that you have imbibed ...this kind of absolute meticulousness about the craft or do you think there is such a thing as trying too hard?
Imran : -I don't think there is such a think as trying too hard because I never let anything go half measure, but I don't get into that either. I frequently get into places and I see actors who will ask a director, "See this doesn't seem like the kind of thing I would say, or I can't justify this, why would I pick this up..." etc. I never get that ...you pick it up because you are required to pick it up find a way to justify it.
Anupama:- What have you imbibed from the other two great filmmakers in your family? The late Nassir Hussain and Mansoor Khan?
Imran : - Nana was always a story-teller once he retired, and
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